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A Commentary on Thucydides : Volume I: Books i-iii - Simon Hornblower

A Commentary on Thucydides

Volume I: Books i-iii

By: Simon Hornblower

Paperback | 13 March 1997

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This is the first volume of a three-volume historical and literary commentary on the eight books of Thucydides, the great fifth-century BC historian of the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta. Of the three books covered in this volume, Book I presents Thucydides' aims in writing the work and the historical background to the war. Books II and III describe the main events of the first five years of the war (431-426) and include Pericles' funeral oration, the plague of Athens, the revolt of Mytilene, the destruction of Plataea, and civil war in Corcyra.
Thucydides intended his work to be "an everlasting Possession" and the continuing importance of his work is undisputed. Simon Hornblower's commentary, by translating every passage or phrase of Greek commented on, for the first time allows the reader with little or no Greek to appreciate the detail of Thucydides' thought and subject-matter. It is the first complete commentary written by a single author this century and explores both the historical and literary aspects of the work. A full index is provided at the end of the volume.
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`a model for anyone who wants to get to grips with that great historian: detailed scholarship combined with breadth and lucidity, and the Greek translated into English, too ... It is the model on which all future commentaries should be based.' Peter Jones, The Times `research students and others who can take what H. has to offer will find it both informative and stimulating, and an excellent starting-point for further work. I look forward eagerly to the second volume.' P.R. Rhodes, The Classical Review, 1992 `The translation is intended to bring out the essence of the Greek and is not simply a word-for-word rendering. In most cases, it is both smooth and precise; Hornblower has done an excellent job.' Times Literary Supplement `Hornblower ... has read widely, and his commentary succeeds in wedding literary studies with historical. Anyone who needs to brush up on the bibliography connected with any of the standard Thucydidean problems will want to have a look at this book.' David Potter, University of Michigan, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 3.6(1992) `Hornblower's work ... will no doubt become the definitive general resource. The presentation of recent scholarship is fair, clear and comprehensive. Hornblower strikes an acceptable balance between summarizing scholarly debate and repeating material treated more fully elsewhere.' John E. Ziolkowski, The George Washington University, Classical World

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